Wales vs Scotland – Six Nations 2024: Warren Gatland fields inexperienced team against Scots – stream, TV

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SCOTLAND play their Six Nations opener in the Welsh capital where they have not won in 22 years.

And they will field an inexperienced team to face the Scots, who were in contention to win last year’s title before they fell away.

Louis Rees-Zammit won’t be in action for Wales at the Six Nations[/caption]

After the retirement of Leigh Halfpenny from internationals and Liam Williams’ move to Japan, uncapped Cameron Winnett starts at full back.

The Welsh squad is peppered with absences, notably the talented Louis Rees-Zammit who shocked the rugby world by announcing that he would be leaving the squad to pursue a career in NFL.

The 22-year-old released a statement on social media saying: ”I can confirm that I will be joining the NFL’s International Player Pathway program (IPP) in pursuit of earning a spot on an NFL roster in the United States for 2024.”

After this bombshell, Wales’ head coach Warren Gatland has been forced to branch out, drafting in five uncapped players and appointing 21-year-old Dafydd Jenkins, who towers at a whopping 6ft 7in, as captain.

Despite his depleted team, Gatland will be hoping for an improvement on last year’s tournament, where Wales only won one game.

And Scotland are also heading into the match with a weakened squad after second row Grant Gilchrist was suspended following two dangerous tackles at Scarlets.

When is Scotland vs Wales?

Scotland vs Wales will take place on Saturday, February 3.
The match will get underway at 4.45pm GMT.
The Principality Stadium, Cardiff hosts the test match.

What TV channel is Scotland vs Wales on and can it be live streamed FREE?

Scotland vs Wales will be broadcast live on ITV1.
You can live stream the match for FREE via the ITVX app/website.
Alternatively, you can follow SunSport’s live blog to keep up to date with all the action.

Teams

Wales

Backs: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Gareth Davies.

Forwards: 1 Corey Domachowski, 2 Ryan Elias, 3 Leon Brown, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 5 Adam Beard, 6 James Botham, 7 Tommy Reffell, 8 Aaron Wainwright.

Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Kemsley Mathias, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 Alex Mann, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Mason Grady.

Scotland

Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Jamie Bhatti, Andy Christie, Luke Crosbie, Scott Cummings, Jack Dempsey, Rory Darge, Grant Gilchrist, Richie Gray, Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson, Alec Hepburn, Will Hurd, Johnny Matthews, WP Nel, Jamie Ritchie, Pierre Schoeman, Sam Skinner, George Turner, Glen Young

Backs: Adam Hastings, Ben Healy, George Horne, Darcy Graham, Rory Hutchinson, Huw Jones, Blair Kinghorn, Stafford McDowall, Harry Paterson, Ali Price, Cameron Redpath, Arron Reed, Kyle Rowe, Finn Russell, Kyle Steyn, Sione Tuipulotu, Duhan van der Merwe, Ben White